Appendix C Using HP SIM and vMedia to Install and Upgrade OpenVMS

HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) allows you to provision OpenVMS to one or more servers in the network. This means that, from a single location in the network (a Windows-based PC or server designated serving as the management workstation), you can use HP SIM to install or upgrade OpenVMS on several servers simultaneously. Through HP SIM's interface, you initiate the installation or upgrade, and OpenVMS is then booted from a single image stored locally or on a network drive. The installation or upgrade continues in the background. You can monitor the process from your console or attend to other tasks. HP SIM uses either the InfoServer utility or virtual media (vMedia) to provide the booting service over the network. Using vMedia, you can provision only one server at a time.

You can also use vMedia independently of HP SIM to install or upgrade OpenVMS on a server. As with HP SIM provisioning, the bootable image can be stored on a network drive or on the system from where you browse to access the server.

This appendix explains how to do the following: